He turned 8 in May. That means 7 years ago, inside the pediatrician’s exam room, we answered “no” to all of the common development and milestone questions. You know the ones, “Is he crawling? Is he walking? What words can he say? Is he pointing at things? Is he sitting up?”. We answered no …
Do ya’ll remember the whole speech therapist/dentist issue we had this past school year? Well I revoked that IEP entirely (since speech delay was the eligibility category, it was basically “revoke speech, revoke it all”. After that was done and signed, I requested a new initial IEP, which involved all of the evaluations plus specific …
I’ve had a few days to process everything (and I’ve also just been too busy to write up an update!), but here it is. I’m not going to dive into too many details, but the IEP team was there and it was explained to me that if I revoked consent for the speech services, that is …
Read the latest update HERE If you’ve read my blog, you know that my oldest (who will be in 8 in 2 months!) is in both speech and occupational therapy at both a private facility and through the school via an IEP. To be honest, I hope this all makes sense and comes out clearly …
Parenting A Child With Special Needs Grief targets the unprepared, and strikes without warning. Most of us think of grief only in the context of the death of someone we love, but it is much wider and deeper than that alone. Grief is loss – the loss of anything. If we can wrap our mind …